
Madrid To Host Confidential ‘Coalition of the Willing’ Meeting
Organized in high secrecy by France and the United Kingdom, the meeting seeks to coordinate financial aid and prepare a common security framework for Kyiv.

Organized in high secrecy by France and the United Kingdom, the meeting seeks to coordinate financial aid and prepare a common security framework for Kyiv.

The doubtful Ukrainian president also welcomed Trump’s abrupt change of direction, full of optimistic rhetoric in support of Kyiv’s war effort.

The Kremlin dismissed Western plans for a “reassurance” force, arguing it would only escalate tensions and block prospects for lasting peace.

The talks will focus on security guarantees for Ukraine, an unnamed source told AFP.

It is questionable whether Europe’s depleted militaries can credibly deliver, given years of underinvestment.

Apart from France and the UK, however, no major European country is keen on putting boots on the ground, as the U.S. requested.

Russia has made it clear it will not accept NATO soldiers stationed in Ukraine.

The U.S. is leaving it to Europe to send troops to Ukraine. But countries of the Old Continent remain reluctant to put forward their own.